This is an advanced medical therapy in which the patient inhales 100% oxygen in a comfortable and pressurized environment. It is prescribed for specific conditions and degenerative diseases and other ailments; however, healthy people use it as well in order to stay fit and free of the risk of disease, incrementing their quality of life. Hyperbaric Oxygen prompts cell regeneration and a quick recovery of injuries and affected tissues and has achieved impressive results in cases of patients with pessimistic prognosis.

How does it Work?

The patient is comfortably placed within a roomy chamber where normal atmospheric pressure is augmented two to three times in order to increase up to 100% the amount of oxygen that reaches the lungs. This procedure takes approximately 60 to 90 minutes in a safe environment fully monitored by our specialized medical-technical team. Hyperbaric Oxygen is essential in diverse healing processes, quickening recovery.

SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS

– Diabetic foot injuries and other ischemic injuries

– Chronic radiation damages in muscle, skin, and bone tissue

– Skin grafts

– Carbon monoxide and/or cianide intoxication

– Chronic infections in bones

– Injuries by chrushing or acute trauma

– Decompression sickness

– Necrotizing infections in soft tissues

– Gangrene (Clostridial myonecrosis)

– Injuries for severe burns

– Air or gas embolisms

– Healing of complex injuries

– Anemia by acute blood loss

The main aspects of the therapeutic action of Hyperbaric Oxygenation are two:

First, to guarantee oxygen transportation to the tissues, even in circumstances where hemoglobin and red cells are not able to do it: in cases of anemia or intoxications with carbon monoxide.

Secondly, to boost oxygen diffusion from capillaries to cells with defective blood perfusion. Consequently, Hyperbaric Oxygenation is also recommended in all those pathologies with tissue hypoxia such as gaseous gangrene, diabetic foot, post-radiotherapy lesions such as cystitis, chronic osteomyelitis, etc.

On the other hand, several scientific testimonies talk about the positive influence of Hyperbaric Oxygen in tissue repair, specially bone and skin tissue after burns and transplants.